Selenium and Mocha

Explore the step-by-step process of installing Selenium WebDriver and Mocha using npm in Node.js. Understand how to create and configure a package.json file to manage dependencies, enabling you to set up a testing environment for Selenium automation scripts.

We'll cover the following...

- Installing Selenium
- Installing Mocha
- Creating package.json file

Installing Selenium

By default, Node.js scripts load dependent (npm) packages installed locally, i.e., the packages are installed under the directory where the scripts are located.

> cd YOUR_SCRIPT_DIRECTORY
> npm install selenium-webdriver@3.6.0

When it is done, you will see output like below:

+ selenium-webdriver@3.6.0

At the time of writing, the latest release of Selenium WebDriver for JavaScript is 4.0.0-alpha.7, which is a pre-release version (and I found some issues with it). For some unknown ...

1.Getting Started

2.Working with Locators

3.Working with Hyperlinks

4.Working with Buttons

5.Working with Text Fields and Areas

6.Working with Radio Buttons and Radio Groups

7.Working with Checkboxes

8.Working with Select Lists

9.Page Navigations and Browser Management

10.Assertions

11.Working with Frames

12.Working with AJAX

13.Working with File Uploads and Pop-Up Dialogs

14.Debugging Test Scripts

15.Testing Data

16.Working with Browser Profiles and Capabilities

17.Working with Advanced User Interactions

18.Working with HTML5 and Dynamic Websites

19.“What You See Is What You Get” HTML Editors

20.Leverage Programming

21.Optimizations

22.Gotchas

23.Appendix A: Miscellaneous

24.Appendix B: Installations

25.Wrapping Things Up

Selenium and Mocha

Installing Selenium